Police: Fitchburg woman stabbed her husband

FITCHBURG -- A Summer Street woman was ordered held on $1,000 cash bail Tuesday after she allegedly stabbed her husband in the leg with a carving fork.

Police responded to the area of 381 Summer St., for a report of a disturbance between a man and woman. On arrival, officers noticed blood on the carpet and kitchen floor, according to a police report included with court documents.

The woman who answered the door, who was identified as Tracy L. Franklin, of 381 Summer St., Apt. 3, said her husband had fallen on a glass table.

He was lying on the couch naked with blood on his head and completely covering his lower body, the police report said. He appeared to be applying pressure to a cut on his leg, the report said.

Franklin admitted to drinking that night and said her husband had gone out with his friends, and came home drunk and fell. She said she asked him not to come home drunk, and he did. She said the couple argued when he came home, and they began pushing each other and she stabbed him in the leg. No weapon was found.

The victim was transported to the hospital.

She was ordered to stay away from the victim, remain free of drugs and alcohol, submit to random drug screens, and attend two AA meetings a week.

N.H. woman held on outstanding warrant

FITCHBURG -- A New Hampshire woman is being held on $10,000 bail after she was allegedly found hunched over drunk, and it was determined that she had an outstanding warrant from New Hampshire.

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Officers were dispatched to the area of Central Mass. Power Sports on Massachusetts Avenue, Lunenburg, for a report of a woman who was walking down the street and kept falling into the road.

On arrival, officers noticed two people holding up the woman, who was identified as Terry J. Bruillard, 173 Topey Highway, New Ipswich, because she appeared to have difficulty standing upright and was hunched over.

Officers on the scene smelled alcohol on her breath, and there were two bottles of alcohol in her belongings. When police ran her name, they found she had an outstanding warrant out of Hillsborough County in New Hampshire for a deferred sentencing hearing on charges of theft by unauthorized taking.

She was rude and disrespectful during booking, according to police reports.

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